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how do I open the /etc/hosts file in text editor?

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I am doing a project for my class which asks to open the /etc/hosts file in a text editor and add a line to the end of the file and save it. Where do I find this file /etc/hosts? Thanks

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Teresa (traesa5115) said : 		#1

I am working on Ubuntu 8.10. Thanks

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Chris Polderman (chris-polderman) said : 		#2

From a commandline shell, type:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

If you do not have the graphical gnome or kde environment, use a text based editor like vi:

sudo vi /etc/hosts

Hopes this solves your problem.

Chris

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Chris Polderman (chris-polderman) said : 		#3

BTW: be careful what you add here because it can really mess up your networking...

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Florian Diesch (diesch) said : 		#4

If you install nautilus-gksu you can open a file as root in nautilus (Gnome's default file manager) by right clicking and selecting 'Open as root' (or something like that - I don't use English language settings).

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